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Editorial: Lessons learned
Lighting Research & Technology ( IF 2.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 , DOI: 10.1177/1477153519897465 Peter Boyce 1
Lighting Research & Technology ( IF 2.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 , DOI: 10.1177/1477153519897465 Peter Boyce 1
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1) Lighting research is now a global activity: Lighting Research & Technology receives submissions from all the inhabited continents. China and India have become major centres of lighting research alongside Europe and North America. Cooperation between researchers in different continents has become more common. 2) Lighting research is difficult alone: The best papers published often come from centres which have a critical mass of researchers. This is not to say that an individual working alone cannot produce work of significance, rather to suggest that the availability of mentors and the stimulation provided by having day-to-day contact with people of similar interests but different expertise makes high-quality research easier to achieve. 3) Lighting research is becoming increasingly diverse: Two developments, the discovery of the intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells and the advent of LEDs, have enabled lighting research to expand into new areas such as the non-visual effects of light exposure and the consequences for human health; the development of sophisticated control systems and the use of narrow band light sources for horticulture. 4) Lighting research is in danger of becoming self-centred: One unfortunate characteristic of much research is that it is only read by other researchers. This makes research a closed world with little influence on the real world which is driven by standards and guidance. Researchers should try to present their findings in a form suitable for standards and guidance. 5) Lighting research tends to follow the interests of producers: Many of the phenomena examined by lighting research are influenced by multiple factors. For example, circadian entrainment is determined by the amount, spectrum, timing and duration of the light exposure, yet much research in this area looks at the effect of spectrum because that is what is of interest to producers. To be a force for good, research needs to concentrate on the variables that are of most interest to users.
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